Summer at Mount Asama by Masashi Matsuie

Summer at Mount Asama by Masashi Matsuie**Winner of The Yomiuri Prize for Literature, 2012** The Japanese novel comes of age in this gripping story of love, art and life as a group of architects competes to design the new National Library of Modern Literature in Tokyo. In 1980s Japan, newly graduated Toru Sakanishi joins a small, prestigious architecture firm founded by a former student of Frank Lloyd Wright. As the sweltering summer months approach, the team migrates from the bustling

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bicycle and ship to save their beloved Mr Benedict

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identity and belonging

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